assertion failed: (srcleft <= CHARSET_MAX_PENDING_BUF_SIZE)

Larry Rosenman larryrtx at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 18:33:23 EET 2019


for FreeBSD you can add to /etc/make.conf:
WITH_DEBUG_PORTS=mail/dovecot mail/dovecot-pigeonhole

and rebuild the packages.
(from the FreeBSD port maintainer, me).

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:31 AM Stephan Bosch via dovecot <
dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:

>
>
> Op 9-2-2019 om 19:27 schreef Giacomo via dovecot:
> > I got a core file this morning.
> >
> > opening it with gdb I get this:
> >
> > (gdb) core imap.core
> > Core was generated by `dovecot/imap'.
> > Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted.
> > #0  0x0000000011c1347a in ?? ()
> > (gdb) bt
> > #0  0x0000000011c1347a in ?? ()
> > #1  0x0000000011c13444 in ?? ()
> > #2  0x0000000000018dee in ?? ()
> > #3  0x306db139575f3b0d in ?? ()
> > #4  0x00007fffffffc144 in ?? ()
> > #5  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
> >
> > Doesn't look clean at all.
>
> That is not that helpful. Did you install debug symbols for Dovecot?
> This is usually a separate package. It all depends on your OS. I am not
> familiar with FreeBSD.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan.
>
> >
> > let me know if I should upload the file somewhere.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Il giorno lun 21 gen 2019 alle ore 08:52 Giacomo
> > <giacomo1989 at gmail.com <mailto:giacomo1989 at gmail.com>> ha scritto:
> >
> >     I've just enabled core dumps on the involved FreeBSD system. Let's
> >     see if it dumps something..
> >
> >     Il giorno dom 20 gen 2019 alle ore 19:16 Stephan Bosch
> >     <stephan at rename-it.nl <mailto:stephan at rename-it.nl>> ha scritto:
> >
> >         Hi Giacomo,
> >
> >         Op 21/12/2018 om 16:16 schreef Giacomo:
> >         > The bug happens not very often, it might need a week to get
> >         a core file.
> >
> >         Any luck getting a core file?
> >
> >         Regards,
> >
> >         Stephan.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > Il giorno ven 21 dic 2018 alle ore 15:18 Aki Tuomi
> >         > <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com
> >         <mailto:aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>
> >         <mailto:aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com
> >         <mailto:aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com>>> ha
> >         > scritto:
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >     On 21.12.2018 14.49, Giacomo wrote:
> >         >     > I'm running the following:
> >         >     >
> >         >     > # 2.3.4 (0ecbaf23d): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> >         >     > # OS: FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64
> >         >     > # FS: ZFS
> >         >     >
> >         >     > auth_mechanisms = plain login
> >         >     > auth_username_format = %Ln
> >         >     > listen = *
> >         >     > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
> >         >     > namespace inbox {
> >         >     >   inbox = yes
> >         >     >   location =
> >         >     >   mailbox Drafts {
> >         >     >     auto = subscribe
> >         >     >     special_use = \Drafts
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   mailbox Junk {
> >         >     >     auto = subscribe
> >         >     >     special_use = \Junk
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   mailbox Sent {
> >         >     >     special_use = \Sent
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   mailbox Trash {
> >         >     >     auto = subscribe
> >         >     >     special_use = \Trash
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   prefix =
> >         >     > }
> >         >     > passdb {
> >         >     >   driver = pam
> >         >     > }
> >         >     > protocols = imap lmtp
> >         >     > service auth {
> >         >     >   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> >         >     >     group = postfix
> >         >     >     mode = 0666
> >         >     >     user = postfix
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   user = dovecot
> >         >     > }
> >         >     > service imap-login {
> >         >     >   inet_listener imap {
> >         >     >     port = 0
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     > }
> >         >     > service lmtp {
> >         >     >   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
> >         >     >     group = postfix
> >         >     >     mode = 0600
> >         >     >     user = postfix
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     > }
> >         >     > service stats {
> >         >     >   unix_listener stats-reader {
> >         >     >     group =
> >         >     >     mode = 0600
> >         >     >     user =
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   unix_listener stats-writer {
> >         >     >     group = $default_internal_group
> >         >     >     mode = 0666
> >         >     >     user =
> >         >     >   }
> >         >     >   user = $default_internal_user
> >         >     > }
> >         >     > ssl_cert = </root/cert.pem
> >         >     > ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> >         >     > userdb {
> >         >     >   driver = passwd
> >         >     > }
> >         >     >
> >         >     > dmesg shows:
> >         >     >
> >         >     > pid 74441 (imap), uid 1002: exited on signal 6
> >         >     > pid 74784 (imap), uid 1002: exited on signal 6
> >         >     > pid 21471 (imap), uid 1002: exited on signal 6
> >         >     > pid 21470 (imap), uid 1002: exited on signal 6
> >         >     > pid 21464 (imap), uid 1002: exited on signal 6
> >         >     > pid 21731 (imap), uid 1002: exited on signal 6
> >         >     >
> >         >     > Sometimes the dovecot process serving an user crashes.
> >         He runs
> >         >     mostly
> >         >     > airmail on macOS and samsung mail on Android.
> >         >     >
> >         >     > Happens only to that particular user.
> >         >     >
> >         >     > The log shows the following: (maillog)
> >         >     >
> >         >     > Dec 16 14:52:35 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login:
> >         user=<USER>,
> >         >     > method=PLAIN, rip=79.12.201.157, lip=192.168.1.28,
> >         mpid=74779, TLS,
> >         >     > session=<wMQI+iN9VtRPDMmd>
> >         >     > Dec 16 14:52:39 mail dovecot:
> >         imap(USER)<74441><nLa+7SN9+fhPDMmd>:
> >         >     > Panic: file charset-iconv.c: line 83
> >         (charset_to_utf8_try):
> >         >     assertion
> >         >     > failed: (srcleft <= CHARSET_MAX_PENDING_BUF_SIZE)
> >         >     > Dec 16 14:52:39 mail dovecot:
> >         imap(USER)<74441><nLa+7SN9+fhPDMmd>:
> >         >     > Fatal: master: service(imap): child 74441 killed with
> >         signal 6 (core
> >         >     > not dumped -
> >         https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html#coredumps - set
> >         >     > service imap { drop_priv_before_exec=yes })
> >         >     >
> >         >     > I'm here if more info is needed.
> >         >     >
> >         >     > Thanks for taking a look.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >     Can you somehow get a core file and get backtrace from it?
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >     Aki
> >         >
> >
>
>

-- 
Larry Rosenman                     http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
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